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Flint/Volkner
| Pairing | |
|---|---|
| Pairing: | Japanese: オーバ×デンジ(Ōba x Denji) English: Flint/Volkner |
| Alternative name(s): | Japanese: オデン (Oden) or デンオ (DenO) English: IgnitionShipping |
| Gender category: | Boys' Love; Yaoi; M/M; Slash |
| Fandom: | Pokémon |
| Canonical?: | No |
| Prevalence: | Popular for both characters Popular overall |
| Archives: | n/a |
| Other: | n/a |
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Flint/Volkner, known mostly as IgnitionShipping, オデン (Oden) and/or デンオ (DenO), is a popular ship in the Pokémon fandom. It pairs Flint (Ōba) and Volkner (Denji), the Fire-type Elite Four member and Electric-type Gym Leader in Pokémon Diamond, Pearl and Platinum respectively.
Canon Background
The two are good friends in canon.
Popular Tropes & Fanon
- Opposites Attract: Flint is very expressive, outgoing and excitable while Volkner is much more monotone and easily bored.
Subjects of Fannish Interest & Meta
-Shipping Name Origin
"IgnitionShipping" was coined coined in around 2006 or early 2007.[Notes 1]
Example/Notable Fanac
| Examples Wanted: Editors are encouraged to add more examples or a wider variety of examples. |
Fan Communities/Fan Events
- ignition-shipping, Archived version, a club on DeviantArt
Collections
- Ignitionshipping [Unable to archive], a collection on FanFiction.Net
Fan Blogs
Fan Fic
IgnitionShipping search query on Fanfiction.Net
- Mewtube by HyperGinger, Archived version (2016), Flint and Volkner make online videos. When their fans start shipping them together, Flint decides to kick it up a notch by starting fanservice with his friend…you know, just for the fans, of course. Volkner gets frustrated in more ways than one. Rated Explicit. YouTuber AU.
- Regions Away by sunyshorehoodlum, Archived version (2020), Flint is getting annoyed with everyone in Pasio asking him where Volkner is.
- Synapse by Skylark, Archived version (2010), "What a waste," he mutters. Forty-nine minutes.
- Genderbending by SuicidalToeSocks, Archived version (2008), Flint has a thing for Volkner. The only thing is, as far as he knows, his best friend only goes for girls. So Flint has the other League members help him change a few things to make this work... Genderbend AU.
Fan Art
- 2024 ignitionshipping in your feed by tahobitz, Archived version (2024), art for The Hisui Festival by Silky_John, Archived version. Both for the 2023 Pokémon Holiday Exchange
Fan Comics
General Fanworks
Fan Mixes
Wikis
- オデン on PixivEncyclopedia
- デンオ on PixivEncyclopedia
- The (New and Improved) IgnitionShipping Thread, Archived version, a thread on Bulbagarden
- IgnitionShipping, Archived version, a thread on Bulbagarden
Zines and Doujinshi
Similar Pokémon Pairings
Elite Four Member/Gym Leader
Notes
- ^ as seen here, Archived version (note that this update doubled the length of the page, thus the large time-frame for when the pairing was coined)